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Supplementary to Question No. 4 in the

Legislative Council on 15 May 1985

Mr. Alex Wu :

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Are the subventions mentioned in paragraph (c) in the reply

given to meet recurrent expenses only?

Secretary for Education and Manpower :- The figures I've given there are

I think the recurrent figures, not the capital.

Mr. Alex Wu : Sir, does Government offer guidance to the agencies

receiving such subventions to exploit properties in their possession to

generate revenue to supplement Government support?

Secretary for Education and Manpower :- I'm sure the Social Welfare

Department encourage voluntary agencies to maximise the use of their

facilities but one must bear in mind that some of the facilities provided

for these kinds of disabilities are not always compatible with the complete

maximisation of use.

Mrs. Chow :- Sir, could the Council be told how successful the assistance

rendered to the blind and the deaf is in the way of job placement?

Secretary for Education and Manpower :- The special placements service

of the Labour Department was set up about three or four years ago and has

made steady progress. I have the figures for the quarter ending 28 February

this year in which the service received nine applications from blind persons

and 24 from deaf persons for employment; and they placed during the same

period 14 blind persons and 42 deaf persons. If Mrs. Chow would like more

detailed figures I will happily supply them.